Report
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems at TU Dresden
Goal of the analysis
Research question: How does the relationship between population density and temperature vary across different land use types around Netherlands?
Data
Scope
Outcome variable: Temperature
Control variable: Population density
Summary Statistics
| Land Use Type | Sample Size | Mean Temperature (°C) | SD Temperature (°C) | Mean Population | Median Population | Correlation temperature ~ population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forests | 1,644 | 11.16 | 0.29 | 2.57 | 1.49 | 0.08 |
| Urban fabric | 1,555 | 11.21 | 0.27 | 7.68 | 5.91 | 0.11 |
| Industrial, commercial and transport units | 1,109 | 11.22 | 0.24 | 6.50 | 4.65 | 0.02 |
| Artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas | 1,036 | 11.19 | 0.26 | 7.71 | 4.92 | 0.03 |
| Heterogeneous agricultural areas | 888 | 11.23 | 0.27 | 2.82 | 1.87 | 0.14 |
| Arable land | 802 | 11.23 | 0.26 | 2.88 | 1.81 | 0.10 |
| Pastures | 736 | 11.22 | 0.27 | 3.57 | 2.19 | 0.05 |
| Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations | 603 | 11.15 | 0.31 | 2.16 | 1.15 | 0.11 |
| Inland waters | 420 | 11.17 | 0.28 | 3.72 | 2.09 | 0.18 |
| Inland wetlands | 278 | 11.15 | 0.28 | 2.46 | 1.19 | 0.05 |
| Mine, dump and construction sites | 258 | 11.22 | 0.25 | 5.07 | 2.74 | 0.00 |
| Permanent crops | 75 | 11.31 | 0.14 | 2.21 | 1.63 | -0.13 |
| Maritime wetlands | 74 | 11.37 | 0.26 | 1.12 | 0.57 | 0.30 |
| Open spaces with little or no vegetation | 58 | 11.26 | 0.24 | 2.13 | 0.81 | 0.20 |
| Marine waters | 5 | 11.17 | 0.35 | 2.47 | 2.62 | -0.69 |
| Source: Data from Netherlands 2019: Temperature (CHELSA), Population (WorldPop), Land Use (Corine) |